Primary school

Yorkswood Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Solihull
  • B37 6DF
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Mar 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,049 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 87%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 96%96%2016/17: top 95%2017/18: top 90%2018/19: top 93%2022/23: top 83%83% · 2022/232023/24: top 90%2024/25: top 87%No exams

Against West Midlands

Expected standard, RWM46% · West Midlands 65%2/10 Well below West Midlands
Higher standard, RWM0% · West Midlands 7%1/10 Well below West Midlands
Reading score103 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands
Maths score102 · West Midlands 1052/10 Well below West Midlands
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 23% · 40 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 33% · 39 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 44% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 43% · 56 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 46% · 80 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 42% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 46% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 65%46%23%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 5% · 40 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 39 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 7% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 56 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 1% · 80 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 60 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 57 pupils · West Midlands 7%7%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 99 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 98 · 39 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 102 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 101 · 56 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 102 · 80 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 103 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 10510398No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 99 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 101 · 39 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 102 · 56 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 102 · 80 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 57 pupils · West Midlands 10510399No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
42 of 42 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st4242
2nd120
3rd170

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Early years provision

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026375
Free school meals (past 6 years)64.1%
First language not English13.4%
SEN support20.1%
EHC plan1.3%
Absence (sessions missed)10.3%
Persistently absent pupils37.0%

Girls 49.2%Boys 50.8%

69.4% full · 540 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.2
Pupils per adult7.5
  • Classroom teachers 13.3
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 13.4
  • Other support 28.6

Teachers 16.3 FTE · Whole workforce 58.3 · 86 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,318
Spend per pupil£9,224
Staff spend per pupil£7,613
Reserve per pupil£708
  • +£269,000revenue reserve
  • +£416,000in-year balance

Grants £10,303 · self-generated £24 · premises £247 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ROBIN HOOD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £4,278,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it